I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not. Male comedy writers are not scrutinized.

As my mom has said, when one person is unhappy, it usually means two people are unhappy but that one has not come to terms with it yet.

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The Internet also makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to focus. One small break to look up exactly how almond milk is made, and four hours later I'm reading about the Donner Party and texting all my friends: DID YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE DONNER PARTY AND HOW MESSED UP THAT WAS? TEXT ME BACK SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT!

I feel the same way about clothes as I do about food. I want everything.

What Mindy has in common with a lot of women in their mid-30s is that she's obsessed with marriage. It's the entire premise of the 'The Mindy Project'. The pilot is her wanting to get married and her ruining her ex-boyfriend's wedding. For someone who fetishizes marriage so much, we're like, "OK, let's give it to her and let's see if it's as good as she thinks it's going to be." That's been the fun of the beginning part of this season is showing her what the challenges are of being married.

I have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than not.